2011年3月31日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Italy ships migrants to mainland, asks EU for help (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:07 PM PDT

Migrants are searched by Italian Policemen prior to board a ferry in Lampedusa, Italy, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. A Navy ship and a commercial ferry arrived in the morning, and at least three more were expected throughout the day. The ships will move some of the migrants to temporary shelters elsewhere in Italy. About 18,000 migrants, mostly Tunisians, have arrived in Lampedusa, which is closer to North Africa than to mainland Italy, since mid-January. Many have been transferred to other centers in Italy, but about 6,000 remain on the island. (AP Photo/Antonello Nusca)AP - Italy shipped more than 2,000 migrants to detention camps on its mainland Thursday, relieving pressure on a tiny island off Sicily which has been overwhelmed by a relentless stream of boats full of illegal arrivals from North African shores.

Ireland: Banks need euro24B more, will be overhauled (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:07 PM PDT

FILE - This is a Thursday, Nov. 4 2010 file photo of a Bank of Ireland building in Dublin, Ireland. Bank of Ireland shares fell 7 percent Wednesday March 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)AP - Ireland's ailing banks need another euro24 billion ($34 billion) in cash in a move that will leave all of them under state control and facing a complete overhaul, officials announced Thursday in a long-awaited effort to cap a 3-year banking crisis.

French seek to drop probe into Chernobyl fallout (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:07 PM PDT

AP - A French prosecutor wants to drop a decade-long investigation into the fallout in France from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident, citing lack of proof that it caused health problems.

Portugal to choose new govt as debt woes worsen (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:06 PM PDT

Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva, left, talks with Parliament President Jaime Gama Tuesday, March 29 2011, on the stairs of the Portuguese parliament in Lisbon. Rating agency Standard & Poor's Tuesday downgraded debt-stressed Portugal's credit worthiness, deepening the country's financial plight as it fights to avoid a bailout. Portugal's government quit last week in a dispute with its rivals over a debt reduction plan and Silva is consulting with political leaders before announcing a date for general elections. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)AP - Portugal's financial plight deepened Thursday when official figures showed the debt-stressed country's budget deficit last year was 8.6 percent of gross domestic product — way above the government target of 7.3 percent that was intended to allay market fears.

EU concessions for Ireland depend on growth: c.bank (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 04:34 PM PDT

Reuters - Europe may offer Ireland concessions on its bailout if weak economic growth prevents Dublin from meeting its targets under an EU-IMF bailout, central bank governor Patrick Honohan said on Thursday.

Hague says no immunity offered to Libyan minister (AFP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 04:14 PM PDT

Libyan Foreign Minister Mussa Kussa, seen here on March 19, has not been offered immunity following his unexpected arrival in Britain, London said Thursday, while urging other members of Moamer Kadhafi's AFP - Libya's foreign minister has not been offered immunity following his unexpected arrival in Britain, London said Thursday, while urging other members of Moamer Kadhafi's "crumbling" regime to quit.

400-year-old King James Bible found in English church (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:18 PM PDT

Reuters - A printing error helped a 12th century English village church realize it owned a rare 400-year-old King James Bible, the book that changed the world.

NATO commander warns against attacks on civilians (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:18 PM PDT

The new NATO commander of the international military operation in Libya, Lt. Gen. Charles Bouchard, arrives at a press conference at NATO headquarters, in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy, Thursday, March 31, 2011. Bouchard says he's looking into reports that air strikes on Tripoli have killed at least 40 civilians. Lt. Gen Charles Bouchard, a Canadian now heading the international operation, noted the alleged incident happened before NATO took command early Thursday. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta)AP - NATO made it clear Thursday that rebel forces in Libya are not impervious to bombardment if they attack civilians.

RWE to challenge German nuclear shutdown order (AFP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:33 PM PDT

Block A, one of the two pressurised water reactors of the nuclear power plant Biblis can be seen on March 15, in the southwestern German town of Biblis. German energy group RWE said Thursday it would file a legal challenge to Berlin's decision to shut down one of its nuclear reactors for three months, a move its rival EON has renounced.(AFP/File/Daniel Roland)AFP - German energy group RWE said Thursday it would file a legal challenge to Berlin's decision to shut down one of its nuclear reactors for three months, a move its rival EON has renounced.

Tunisian rescuers retrieve bodies of 27 migrants (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:27 PM PDT

People who fled the unrest in Tunisia protest against conditions on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa March 31, 2011. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi promised to clear thousands of illegal Tunisian migrants from Lampedusa by the weekend after an outcry over a humanitarian crisis on the tiny southern island. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (ITALY - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST)AP - Tunisian rescuers have retrieved the bodies of 27 migrants whose boats sank in the Mediterranean, as the European Union offered Thursday to double its aid to Tunisia's poorest regions.

Ex-foreign minister could be key to Gadhafi ouster (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:25 PM PDT

File - Libya's Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa speaks to the media at a hotel in Tripoli, Libya in this Monday, March 7, 2011 file photo. Libya's foreign minister has left Tunisia for London after a two-day visit shrouded in secrecy, Tunisia's official news agency said Wednesday, March 30 2011. Moussa Koussa traveled on an early afternoon flight on an unidentified Swiss carrier from the Tunisian resort of Djerba toward the British capital, the TAP news agency reported. (AP Photo / Ben Curtis, file)AP - Moussa Koussa is the ultimate Libyan insider, a one-time intelligence chief and the keeper of Moammar Gadhafi's darkest secrets.

Belgian prime minister blasts prince (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:04 PM PDT

AP - Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme berated the king's son in front of parliament Thursday, saying Prince Laurent should take government advice on trips in the future or become a mere citizen — without a cushy royal stipend.

150 detained in Russian protests (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 12:15 PM PDT

** CORRECTS PHOTOGRAPHER ** A police officer detains a demonstrator in downtown Moscow, Thursday, March 31, 2011. Riot police in Moscow have forcefully detained about 25 protesters who unfurled an anti-government banner at an unauthorized demonstration. Thursday's demonstration was the latest in a series of actions that Russian opposition figures call at the end of every month with 31 days. The number corresponds with Article 31 of the Russian Constitution, which guarantees freedom of assembly. (AP Photo/Sergei Savostyanov)AP - Russian police arrested about 150 people, including two prominent opposition figures, who were trying to take part in unauthorized anti-government protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg on Thursday.

2 wounded by bomb at Swiss nuclear industry office (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:42 AM PDT

Swiss police officers secure the building of ' swissnuclear' in Olten, Switzerland, Thursday, March 31 2011. In the morning a letter bomb exploded at an office of swissnuclear leaving two women injured. Swissnuclear is a syndicate of the three national Energy companies AXPO, Alpiq and BKW. (AP Photo/Keystone, Steffen Schmidt)AP - A letter bomb exploded Thursday at an office of the Swiss nuclear power industry in the northern city of Olten, wounding two people, police said.

Ex-Sarkozy aide lashes out at debate on Islam (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:24 AM PDT

Abderrahmane Dahmane, a former advisor to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in charge of diversity questions, answers questions from Associated Press reporters, in Paris, Thursday, March 31, 2011. On Monday, Dahmane, who was fired by President Sarkozy on March 11 for criticizing the debate and calling the conservative UMP party leader Jean-Francois Cope a 'neo-nazi', called on French Muslims to wear a green star as a sign of protest. The UMP will start a debate on secularism and the place of religions in France on April 5, but since its announcement, many, even in the UMP side, fear the debate could focus on Islam and lead to the stigmatization of French Muslims. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's ousted adviser on diversity called the president's conservative party the "plague of Muslims" amid a growing furor over its plans to debate Islam's role in France.

Prince William: Yes to marriage; no to ring (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:44 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 8, 2011 file photo, Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton leave City Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) in Boston announced the release of its newest book, “The Ancestry of Catherine Middleton,” which offers a comprehensive look at the British and American ancestors and cousins of the future wife of Prince William of Wales. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, file)AP - Prince William is giving up his bachelor status to take a bride, but a palace official said Thursday that he will not be wearing a wedding ring.

German arrested over possible stadium attack plan (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 08:59 AM PDT

AP - German police on Thursday found possibly explosive devices near a football stadium after arresting a man, but later said the incident was not terror related.

Mail bomb defused at Greek prison (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 07:55 AM PDT

AP - Police on Thursday defused a mail bomb sent to a maximum security prison in Athens where alleged members of an armed anarchist group are on trial, authorities said.

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Posted: 31 Mar 2011 07:25 AM PDT

AP - Scottish prosecutors want to interview Libyan foreign minister in connection with Lockerbie

Prince Charles meets Spanish prime minister (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 06:53 AM PDT

Britain's Prince Charles, right, shake hands with Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, left, at the Moncloa Palace, in Madrid, Thursday, March 31, 2011. Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla have arrived in Spain on an official visit, the second leg of a three-country trip which also takes in Portugal and Morocco. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)AP - Britain's Prince Charles has met with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero for talks centering on the environment and sustainable development.

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